Poison container



Feb. 25, 1930. c. w. HUGHE'ITT 1,748,449

Person coNTAINER Filed Feb. 5, 1929 `rPater'lt'ed Feb. 25,Y 1930 1 UNITED- STATES PATENT OFFICE CLARENCE W. HUGIr-IETT, F FRESNO, CALIFORNIA- PoIsoN CONTAINER p Application led February 5, 1929. Serial No. 337,650.l y

The object of this invention is to provide a very simple and inexpensive device by which poisonmay be made -accessible to insectsmore particularlyants, and which device may befused within a building or on a lawn or other infested place. The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing and will be hereinafter fully set forth and y yparticularly defined.

In the drawings:

v l' of the device as' it appears set in the ground,

Fig. 2 is a top plan view, and Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on the `line '15" 3 3 of Figi.

' The container embodyingy my invention comprises a cup '1 which is open at its upper end and has a flat bottom, as clearly shown in Fig. l, whereby it may restupon a table, shelf or otherV infested place. The cup is, how- Vfever, generally supportedby a spike 2 which is adapted to bev driven iny the ground' to anchor'the cup at any desired point orto pierce the limb of a tree which may be infested so as to secure the cup in an upright position onV the limb. This anchoring spike Vmay be of any length most suitable for the particular use to which the device is to be put,

it being obvious that a short spike will suffice o where the device isto be appliedto a tree shaped head which will embrace the cup.

- has an'internal diameter substantially equal' 45 waterink an obvious manner.

limband a longer spike is desirable when the ldevice is placed in a lawn. The spike has its upper endintegral with a cross bar 3 which is adapted to extend` across the bottom of the ycup and has its ends 5 upturne'd to form a U- Fitting over the cup is a hood or cap 6 which water which may 'tend to Vfall upon the device and also provide an ample passage or opening.throughwhich the ants may pass to `the yinterior of the device and fumes from the poison may escape to meet the ants seeking entrance. y'Passages Bare provided between the walls of the cupv and the hood, and in the drawing these passages are provided by forming corrugations 9 in thev wall of the cup. l

Thedevice is intendedto be applied to the limb of a tree in the path of the ants which infest the tree or to be set in a lawn adjacent 1 the ant holes. been found to be eiiicient in destroying ants may be employed andfthefinsecticide is placed in the cup, after which the hood or cover is fitted down over the cup, as shown, so `that the sun or thek rain will be prevented from having access to the cup. It has been found that the ants are attractedby the odor of the insecticide and endeavor to reach the same so that they will travel underthe hood and up through the passages provided by the cor-y rugations. It has also been found that the heat of the sun playing upon the'hood will vaporize the insecticide andthe fumes thus created will pass out through the corrugations and spread over the surface of the ground orxthe limb of the tree so that they kwill reach the ants at points somewhat retually retains the hood in rplace while it may be easily withdrawn with a slight force when the supply of poison ris to be replenished. It will benoted that, as shown in Figs. l and 3, thel upturned ends' are inserted in diametrically opposite corrugations '9 to closely embrace and support vthe device, and the corrugations merge into the bottom of the cup to facilitate the placement or withdrawal of the spike. When in place. the'ends 5 bind between Athe vcup and the hood and thereby aid in retaining the hood on the cup. When the device is to be used 'on a table, shelf, or other indoor place, the spike is withdrawn and the ydevice rested on the flat bottom of the cup. y

The flared lower end of the hood will then check andresist any tendency of the cup to` Any insecticide which has f upset.y f The device may be very cheaply pron. duced and may be made in various sizes as perceptibly from the neat appearance of any lawn.

Having thus described the invention, I claim:

1. A device for the purpose stated comprising a cup, aphood enclosing the cup, and an anchorhaving upstandingv end membersl engaginggbet/Ween thehojod 'and the cup at-fdiametrically opposite points thereof, vertically Y U-shaped head extending across the Abottom extending passages 'being provided at the side of the cup to afford ingress thereto and receive the end members of the anchor. n

2. A device for the purpose set forth comprising a cup having a flat bottom and having vertical corrugations in its sides merging into the lat bottom, a hood itting over and around the cup', and an'anchor having a of the cup and engaging in diametrically oppositecorrugations in the sdesof theccup. lIn testimony whereof I affix my signature. CLARENCE HUGHETT; f [11. 5.]

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